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Originally Posted by D4ng3r
How much per year would you say you spend on maintenance, and how many kms on your ride?
I would buy it from you in a heartbeat if you decided to move to an FR-S <3
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144,xxx KMS currently. That's tough to answer, the thing is that i dont really drive my car very much anymore, and the maintenance is really dependant on how fast you put on the KMS. Most years it's just an oil service from BMW ($226 for just an oil change, $580 for an oil service which includes cabin filter and inspection), oil changes are required every 25,000kms so while expensive they're not all that frequent. This year I've had to do belts ($140) and last year I needed new rear trailing arm bushings ($250). Like I mentionned above it's only on the "Inspection Service" years that you're really shelling out the cash, but the service is quite extensive and replaces most fluids so while expensive it's worth it.
I would say on average it's $1000ish maintenance a year, although you'll want some money in the bank in case anything goes wrong, replacing tires after the trailing arm bushings killed them was expensive, replacing the alternator was ~$600, etc... Doing an inspection service, alternator and rear brakes in 1 year was hugely expensive for example.
You just have to realise that everything you do is going to be more expensive because it's a premium brand, and for that reason all parts and service are more expensive. If you're used to Chevy/Honda pricing on parts/labours/mods then be prepared to be shocked when you enter into a world where a nice axle back exhaust costs $2200 and a supercharger is $14,000.
If I wasnt in Canada and you weren't in China I would take you up on that offer, it'll probably be up for sale in the next couple of months, I'm looking to downsize to 1 car and the GF is too afraid to drive the M3 for some reason.